Today’s another fun & easy day! We're finishing all of our fun page embellishment/assembly and I'm here to answer any questions you have about hybrid. It's a great day to get caught up if you're behind or just spend some happy scrapping time working on your book.

Ok, we're stuck. We want to use jelly beans, or jam, or jar, but my backed up kits which have all those items are not opening right. and we can't find any vegetables in our stash for V. nor can we think of something for x, especially something we'd have a scrapbooking element for... Aaaaaaaaugh! I want to get this printed!!!

Thanks for the help, Angel!
I'm "reeeeaaally" (to quote my 6-yr old) hoping to get this printed today!
But nope, I don't have a violin, van, or any X-men, LOL!!
I'm actually going through all my kits I can access one by one, searching wildly for any element that starts with those letters!
V and X to go, still open for ideas...

Joba2

08-30-2010 12:12 PM

Re: Hybrid 101: Sharing the Love | Day 9: Embellish & Ask Q's

Can you go ahead print & add those elements later?? i did that for one page in my book.Or just journal in a fun way about those elements on those pages? I can feel your son's anxiousness to get the book printed & it would be sad if he got discouraged. Sometimes when I get in a spot similar to this I have to stop & decide: do I want it perfect & not get it done or is good enough good enough & have something to show for my work. You could even journal how hard it was to find those right elements & your son' helping you etc.. Don't make this fun project too hard is my suggestion.Somehow make your empass fun.Maybe your son could draw the elements or find in a magazine. I guess I am just as anxious as your son to see your book!lololol Sounds like you have a fantastic project & wonderful time with your son! How wonderful

jimmyrose

08-30-2010 04:18 PM

Re: Hybrid 101: Sharing the Love | Day 9: Embellish & Ask Q's

How about looking in the flowers for a violet or a vine. For a book I did once, I put a simple black frame in and added a skeleton from a Halloween kit for an X-Ray. Good luck.

Joba2

08-30-2010 05:02 PM

Re: Hybrid 101: Sharing the Love | Day 9: Embellish & Ask Q's

How about just putting an X on the page saying it is an alphabet letter followerd by YZ? Or tic tack toe with 3 x's in a row for winning?

trickletime

08-30-2010 09:47 PM

Re: Hybrid 101: Sharing the Love | Day 9: Embellish & Ask Q's

try here for royalty free, public domain clip-art: http://www.clker.com/
V: volcano, vase, vest, vegetables
X: xylophone (the only thing i figure would be easy for a little kid to recognise; X is hard)

maybe you could find one of these at home and take a picture of it yourself. that would make it really personal. hope this helps.

Joanne K

08-31-2010 12:36 AM

Re: Hybrid 101: Sharing the Love | Day 9: Embellish & Ask Q's

How about using X marks the spot with a pirate theme?

allergy_mom

08-31-2010 02:41 AM

Re: Hybrid 101: Sharing the Love | Day 9: Embellish & Ask Q's

Hey, I just checked the forum this morning after I got up - thanks for all the great ideas! I'm off to go work on it now. I'll probably look for all of them, and use whatever element I can find that matches the "look" of my project. I can't wait to share the finished product with you!